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Trump names Louisiana governor as Greenland special envoy, prompting Danish alarm
WASHINGTON/COPENHAGEN, Dec 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Sunday as his special envoy to Greenland, reigniting Danish and Greenlandic alarm over Washington’s plans […]
French PM races to pass stopgap budget law to avoid shutdown
PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held talks on Monday with French political leaders on emergency legislation to keep the government running in the new year in […]
Romanian president says judiciary will be investigated to address claims of abuses
BUCHAREST, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Romania’s President Nicușor Dan pledged to investigate claims of systemic abuses in the judiciary after meeting judges and prosecutors on Monday, saying the integrity of […]
Germany charges suspected former Syrian intelligence agent with murder in Assad jail
Dec 22 (Reuters) – German prosecutors have charged a suspected former member of Syrian intelligence with crimes against humanity and the torture and murder of dozens of prisoners held in […]
Pope Leo urges joyful, welcoming Church in speech to Vatican cardinals
VATICAN CITY, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Pope Leo indicated on Monday that he plans to follow the reform agenda of his predecessor Francis, praising the late pontiff’s attempts to make […]
Analysis-Orban’s giveaways still not turning election tide in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Hungary’s Viktor Orban may have got a brief poll boost last month from a costly pensions sweetener but he faces a race against time before […]
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow, investigators say
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) – A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could […]
Sweden releases boarded Russian freighter after customs inspection
STOCKHOLM, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Swedish customs has released a Russian ship it boarded over the weekend in order to perform an inspection, with marine tracking data on Monday showing […]
Vietnam’s top leadership talks heat up as Communist Party meets
HANOI, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Senior officials of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party began a two-day meeting on Monday that is set to select candidates for the country’s leadership positions for […]
South Korea parliament passes bill to launch probe into 2024 Jeju Air crash
SEOUL, Dec 22 (Reuters) – South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Monday to launch an independent probe into the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 […]